Nikos Chantziaras <realnc <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > like that driver. I can't remember what it complained about, but it > > means no X at all. > > If you're not booting in EFI mode, then you can use vesafb instead. This > doesn't require v86d and doesn't even require an initrd. > > uvesafb is mostly for non-PC or generally platforms where a BIOS is not > available (EFI on a PC also lacks BIOS), and it achieves that through > v86d. vesafb uses the BIOS directly, so v86d is not needed. Spock is Michał Januszewski A physics type with keen interests in chipsets; loads of Frame Buffer info on his blog. He'd be a keen resource for you. Seems he has vanished from the gentoo scene? [email protected] http://mjanusz.wordpress.com/ http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XSjXVbQAAAAJ&hl=en http://mjanusz.github.io/homepage/ I'd rather think he's one of those "really sharp" but hidden physics folks, who very much likes Gentoo and privacy. hth, James
